UNC Women’s Basketball: Tar Heels commit takes home MVP honor

COLUMBUS, OHIO - MARCH 22: Rameses, the North Carolina Tar Heels mascot, is seen as they take on the Iona Gaels during the first half of the game in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Nationwide Arena on March 22, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

A UNC Women’s Basketball recruit in the 2020 class was impressive at the John Wall Invitational this past weekend, taking home MVP honors

Boys high school basketball wasn’t the only focus at the John Wall Invitational in Raleigh this past weekend. The invitational also held a girls bracket, crowning a champion at this year’s event.

There were a total of eight girl’s teams participating in the event with St. Frances High School out of Maryland topping Southeast Raleigh in the title game. But although Southeast Raleigh lost, one player took home MVP honors and she happens to be a UNC commit.

Class of 2020 five-star commit Anya Poole was named the MVP of the John Wall Invitational over this weekend, just adding the awards picked up by UNC recruits this year:

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Poole was fantastic in the tournament all weekend long, helping lead Southeast Raleigh to the title game. She finished with 13 points in the title game and was one of the top players on the court in every game:

5⭐️ UNC commit Anya Poole went to work for her Southeast Raleigh HS (NC) squad!